When a relationship ends, former partners must make decisions about their online, often public, connections and history, which involve a complex disentangling process. We examined post-breakup behaviors including monitoring, interacting, deleting posts/photos, deleting the former partner, deleting the partner's family/friends, stopping social media (SM) use, and keeping digital possessions. Participants (N = 256) who had experienced a breakup within the last year completed an online survey. Approximately 38 percent reported experiencing distress over the breakup sometimes or more often. Utilizing latent profile analysis, we identified four latent classes (or profiles) of breakup SM behaviors; we also examined associations between the class and breakup emotional distress. Most participants were clean breakers (61.3 percent), who did zero to very little monitoring, interacting, or deleting and were unlikely to delete their ex-partner, stop use, or keep digital possessions. Wistful reminiscers (12.9 percent) were similar to clean breakers in terms of engaging in very little of any deleting behaviors, stopping use, or keeping digital possessions; however, they engaged in frequent amounts of monitoring their ex-partner as well as interacting with their ex-partner and their ex-partner's family/friends. Ritual cleansers (15.6 percent) were similar to clean breakers in terms of engaging in very little to no monitoring and interacting; however, they engaged in deleting their SM history, their ex-partner's family/friends, and their ex-partner. Impulsives (10.2 percent) engaged in high amounts of all the SM behaviors. In terms of emotional distress, impulsives showed the highest levels of distress, followed by wistful reminiscers, ritual cleansers, and then clean breakers.

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你要删除我吗？关系破裂后社交媒体使用和情绪困扰的潜在特征

当一段关系结束时，前伴侣必须就他们的在线（通常是公开的）关系和历史做出决定，这涉及一个复杂的解开过程。我们检查了分手后的行为，包括监控、互动、删除帖子/照片、删除前伴侣、删除伴侣的家人/朋友、停止使用社交媒体 (SM) 以及保留数字财产。 去年经历过分手的参与者 ( N = 256) 完成了一项在线调查。大约 38% 的人报告说，有时或更频繁地经历了分手后的痛苦。利用潜在配置文件分析，我们确定了分手 SM 行为的四个潜在类别（或配置文件）；我们还研究了班级与分手情绪困扰之间的关联。大多数参与者是干净的破坏者(61.3%)，他们很少进行监控、互动或删除，并且不太可能删除他们的前伴侣、停止使用或保留数字财产。怀念的回忆者(12.9%) 与干净的破坏者相似，几乎不参与任何删除行为、停止使用或保留数字财产；然而，他们经常监视他们的前伴侣，并与前伴侣和前伴侣的家人/朋友互动。仪式清洁者(15.6%) 与清洁破坏者相似，几乎不参与监控和互动；然而，他们参与删除了他们的SM历史，他们前伴侣的家人/朋友和他们的前伴侣。冲动(10.2%) 参与了大量的所有 SM 行为。在情绪困扰方面，冲动型表现出最高水平的困扰，其次是怀念回忆、仪式清洁剂，然后是清洁破坏者。